Photos of the Day: Nov. 22

Updated Nov. 22, 2012 4:37 p.m. ET

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INITIAL CALM: A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas took hold across the Gaza Strip border Thursday. Here, a Palestinian celebrated after Egypt announced the halt to eight days of Israeli-Palestinian bombardments.
Ali Ali/European Pressphoto Agency…

STREET ART: People posed for a photograph next to a mural by Australian artist James Cochran, right, also known as Jimmy C, on the outside wall of a cafe in east London Thursday.
Matt Dunham/Associated Press…

BLOODY THURSDAY: Blood dripped from the nose of a Kashmiri Muslim boy during a 'Muharram' procession in Srinagar, India, Tursday.
Fayaz Kabli/Reuters…

SOMETHING IN THE AIR: A Kung Fu Panda balloon floated over New York City during in Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday.
Charles Sykes/Associated Press…

THUNDER HUNGER: Oklahoma City Thunder's forward Serge Ibaka, right, bit the basketball in the first half of their NBA game against the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday. At left is the Clippers's Blake Griffin. Oklahoma won 117-111.
Bill Waugh/Reuters…

HONOR GUARD: Officials sat during Thursday's funeral for Yemeni officers killed when a military transport plane crashed near San'a airport and burst into flames on Wednesday.
Khaled Abdullah/Reuters…

BUDGET BRAWL: Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, photo, and other European Union leaders arrived for a summit in Brussels Thursday to get a deal on the bloc's budget. Ms. Merke said she was cautious on hopes of a deal this week.
François Lenoir/Reuters…

EARLY BIRDS: Indian herders and their camels gathered at the annual Pushkar Fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Thursday.
Kevin Frayer/Associated Press…

PILGRIMS: Pedestrians crossed outside a terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta Wednesday. Millions of Americans set off on Thanksgiving treks that many said required financial sacrifice, help from relatives to come up with airfare and hours searching online for deals.
David Goldman/Associated Press…

KING MUMMY: A tourist took photos of inscriptions on the walls of King Merenptah's tomb in Luxor, Egypt, Thursday. Archaeologists marked the 90th anniversary of the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
Nariman El-Mofty/Associated Press…

CIVILIAN EXODUS: Thousands of residents left Sake, some 15 miles west of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, as rebels repelled government counterattacks. A rebel leader flew to Uganda to open talks about a potential retreat from the mineral trading hub of Goma.
Phil Moorephil Moore/AFP/Getty Images…

STOPPING THE FIRE: People tried to extinguish fire at a cotton warehouse at Rayerbag in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday.
Shariful Islam/Xinhua via Zuma Press…

NOT FOR SALE: A house sat in the middle of a newly built road in Wenling city, China's Zhejiang province, Thursday. It's owner, an elderly man, refused to sign an agreement to demolish it, as the compensation offered to him wasn't enough, according to local media.
Associated Press…

NEW NEIGHBOR: A swan swam near a family's flooded home Wednesday in Mantoloking, N.J., one of the hardest hit areas by Superstorm Sandy.
Mario Tama/Getty Images…